Posted by rskontos on November 20, 2007, at 12:01:10 [reposted on November 21, 2007, at 10:33:56 | original URL]
In reply to Re: cymbalta withdrawal » granny9, posted by Phillipa on November 19, 2007, at 20:03:29
I don't mean to intervene here but to go from 60 to 30 is a 50% drop and most people suggest to drop only 10% when tapering. Since you can't cut a capsule in half you could get a 20 or 30 mg. capsule from your doc or open the capsule dissolve all the beads and drink say 90% of the glass and do that until you feel ok and then drop another 10% again until you feel ok etc. I took a 30 capsule with a 20 for a while until my symptons improved then I went to two 20's etc....once I got to 20 I started taking out the beads 5 at a time and throwing them away and putting the capsule back together. I think it helps withdrawals if you have another med to take in its place. I did not. My doc offered I refused. Cymbalta did a number on my system gastro etc so I wanted to free from all AD's for awhile. It does help the side effects to have something in its it place so I would recommend a doc's help. rk
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